Photography
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A 19th-century Indian queen’s photographic work has been obscured by history
From this distance, it is hard to define Maharani Manmohini’s contributions in the photo studio: was she her husband’s collaborator or assistant?
Kamayani Sharma
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Over 60 years, a photographer in Delhi has single-handedly archived India’s cultural history
Avinash Pasricha has patiently and diligently documented Indian dance and music from the second row of Delhi’s auditoria, come rain or shine.
Malini Nair
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Vertical, casual images and few selfies: Smartphone photography is changing how we see the world
Sometimes the camera angles we use are harmless or driven by practicality but other times they can reinforce existing inequalities.
TJ Thomson, The Conversation & Shehab Uddin, The Conversation
Trending
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Seven firms that failed drug quality test gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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India’s latest GDP growth numbers are ‘mystifying’, says former chief economic advisor
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Interview: Photographer Dayanita Singh looks back on her long and eventful career
Singh’s fluid and accessible practice speaks a language of its own.
Meera Ganapathi
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Why did the British photograph the sun every day from Dehradun for 47 years?
And what did it have to do with ruling India better?
Kamayani Sharma
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With AI image generation advancing at astronomical speeds, can we still tell if a picture is fake?
Believing your own eyes may not hold the same weight it once used to.
Brendan Paul Murphy, The Conversation
Video
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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Watch: Scenes of damage after four coaches of a Sabarmati-Agra train were derailed in Ajmer
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Adorable animals: Playful elephant calf keeps stopping cleaner from raking leaves
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‘The truth is biased’: Prashant Panjiar on the backstories of four decades of photographing India
The veteran photojournalist’s latest book is a chronicle of the country’s journey through economic liberalisation.
Naresh Fernandes
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Gururgam’s Museo Camera reopens after Covid-proofing itself – with an exhibition on life in pandemic
Visual stories during the pandemic.
Sujata Prasad
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A photo exhibition in South Africa explores Mandela’s life through the landscape he grew up in
Photographs tell the story of Nelson Mandela the humanist and take us into the settings that shaped his childhood.
Raymond Suttner, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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In images: Early 20th century Tibet and Burma, as seen by a pioneering female photographer
Although often overshadowed by her more famous husband, Yvette Borup Andrews’s photos stand today as a contribution to early visual anthropology.
Lydia Pyne
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Dark is Divine: A photographer uses his camera to challenge India’s obsession with fairness
Chennai-based Naresh Nil’s images depict gods and goddesses as dark-skinned.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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National Geographic’s most-liked Instagram pictures of 2017 are both beautiful and heartbreaking
The devastation wreaked by climate change forms the subtext in many of the images.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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WPL 2024: From captain Meg Lanning to rising star Shreyanka Patil – The Field’s team of the season
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour
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IWL 2023-24: Odisha FC inch closer to title with win over East Bengal
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WPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore deliver lesson on making comebacks to win first title